Garment clasp



Dec. 8, 1936. Q B' BATTlN 2,063,021

GARMENT CLASP Filed June 2l. 1955 42? 7 INVENTOR W/ TA/ESS.'

Patented Dec. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment clasps, and more particularly, it pertains to devices of this character employed in connection with hose supporters 5 and the like.

Devices of this character as they are generally constructed have many serious drawbacks and disadvantages amongst the most noted of which is the inability of the wearer to conceal the clasp when worn beneath light garments such as silk evening dresses. Furthermore, such devices as generally constructed are uncomfortable in that, due to their extreme bulk, one reason which renders them impossible of concealment, they also exert pressure where they engage the person of the wearer. Still further, such devices as cornmonly constructed are damaging to the garments, such as hose, to which they are attached, causing in many instances, so called, runs in the garment.

It is the primary object of the present invention to improve the construction and operation of garment clasps generally and more particularly the type employed in connection with hose supporters, and so to construct such devices that they will not be apparent when worn beneath the lightest garments, will not be bulky and exert disagreeable pressure upon the person of the wearer and will not damage the garments to which they are attached.

With the above and other objects in View, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a plan View illustrating a portion of a hose supporter with a clasp constructed in accordance with the present invention attached thereto,

Figure 2. is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially through the longitudinal center of the clasp, the gure being taken on an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of a clasp constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 4 is a view in rear elevation, the view being taken partly in section, l

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of a guide member employed in connection with the clasp, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view illustrating a slightly modied form of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the device comprises an attaching loop I0, a loop member II, a rigid member l2 and a garment securing member I3. The loop member I consists of a single strand of material preferably wire, which is provided with a straight portion I4 having 5 looped end portions I5 to provide the attaching loop. One of the looped ends is bent as at I0 to provide an off-set straight portion I'I, the opposite end having a straight portion I8 which parallels the off-set straight portion I'I. This mem- 10 ber just described comprises the attaching loop and forms a means by which the garment clasp may be attached to a hose supporter 20 which ordinarily comprises a length of elastic looped toprovide two parallel members. This construction l5 provides for ready attachment and detachment of the attaching member I0 to the hose supporter merely by inserting one edge thereof between the two parallel portions II and I8, after which the hose supporter is moved towards the left in Figure 20 3 until its entire width is within the attaching loop. To remove the clasp from the hose supporter the foregoing operation is merely reversed.

The loop member I I is preferably formed from v sheet metal and consists of a body portion 30 25 having an oiT-set portion 3l. The body portion is also provided with an enlarged portion 32 which merges into a contracted portion 33 in a manner common to this element of garment clasps of this type as generally constructed. A loop 34 30 is extended from the body portion and this loop provides means for attaching the loop member to the attaching loop I0, this attachment being accomplished by a piece of sheet metal 35 which is so constructed as to embrace the straight portion 35 I4 of the attaching loop I0 and the side 36 of the loop 34, as best illustrated in Figures 2 and 4.

This attaching means 35 also provides means for pivotally mounting the rigid member I2, the member 35 being cut out as at 38 to receive the 40 rigid member in a manner to be hereinafter described.

The rigid member I2 is formed from a single strand of material, preferably wire, and is bent upon itself as at 4I) to provide two parallel eX- 45 tending legs 4I and 42. The free ends of these legs are angularly disposed as designated by the reference numeral 44. These bent over ends 44 engage behind the portions 45 of the member 35 as best illustrated in Figure 2, thereby forming 50 the means for pivotally mounting the rigid member I2.

The garment securing member I3 is preferably in the form of a substantially circular body portion 50. This member is formed from relatively 55 soft pliable material, such as soft rubber, and consists of a body portion 5I, see Figure 5, which is substantially circular in form and from which extends a portion 52 which is preferably rectane gular in form as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3. This member is slidably mounted upon the rigid member I2 and to provide a bearing for the member I3, a member such as illustrated in Figure 6 is employed. This bearing member is preferably formed from sheet metal and comprises a main body portion 55 from which extends a centrally disposed rib or similar member 56. Extending from the opposite side edges of the body portion 55 there are iianges 51, and these flanges 51 have right angular extensions 58 which serve to anchor the device in the member 50, as best illustrated in Figure 5. The end 59 of the bead or rib 56 is adapted to engage the loop Ml of the rigid member to provide a stop for the member I3 when slid along the rigid member in one direction and the lateral extensions 58 take the strain when the member I3 is moved so that the end 59 oi the bead 55 engages the loop 40. Means is provided to limit the sliding movement of the member I3 in the opposite direction, and in that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, this means takes the form of lugs 60 struck from the legs of the rigid member I2.

In the modiiied form of the invention illustrated in Figure 7, these stops take the form of bent portions 62 in the legs of the rigid member I2.

The off-set portion 3l, heretofore mentioned, permits the rigid member I2 to swing inwardly of the loop member I I so that when the device is attached to a garment, the rigid member I2 will occupy a position in a plane substantially the same as the plane of the loop member I I, as best illustrated in Figure 2.

In'use, the loop member I I is inserted into the upper end of a hose which is designated B in Figures l and 2, it being understood that the rigid member I2 is first swung about its pivotal point to elevate the member I3. After this has been done, the member I2 is moved about its pivotal point so that the member I3 will pass through the enlarged portion 32 of the loop II, after which the member I 3 is slid along the member I2 into the contracted portion 33 of the loop II. This position of the parts will lock the hose as illustrated in Figure 2 securely attaching the clasp thereto. As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, with the clasp attached, the body portion of the member I3 will be positioned to the rear and the exposed face of the member I3 will be a iiat one and will, therefore, be invisible beneath even the lightest garment.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a new and improved garment clasp in which the several objects above enumerated have been explained.

While the invention has been herein illustrated in its preferred form, it is understood that it is not to be limited to the specific construction Vshown and that it may be practiced in other forms without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is: i

1. A garment clasp comprising a loop member, a rigid member pivotally carried by the loop member, a button slidably mounted on the rigid member and movable through the loop member to secure it to a garment, and a plurality of projecting lugs extending from the rigid member to provide stops for limiting the sliding movement of the button in one direction upon the rigid member.

2. A garment clasp comprising a loop member having an enlarged portion and a contracted portion, an off-set portion formed in the loop member, a rigid member pivotally mounted on the loop member and movable into the oir-set portion to permit the rigid member to move to position within the loop member, and means slidably mounted upon the rigid member and cooperating with the loop member to secure the clasp to a garment.

3. A garment clasp comprising a loop member, a rigid member and a garment securing member, the rigid member having two legs, and a bearing member carried by the garment securing member and engaging each of the legs of the rigid member.

4. A garment clasp comprising a loop member, a rigid member and a garment securing member, said rigid member comprising an elongated member bent upon itself to form two parallel legs, and a guide and bearing member carried by the garment securing member, and portions extending laterally from said guide and bearing member and embracing the legs of the rigid member.

5. A garment clasp comprising a loop member, a rigid member and a garment securing member, said rigid member comprising an elongated member bent upon itself to form two parallel legs, and a guide and bearing member carried by the garment securing member, portions extending lat erally from said guide and bearing member and embracing the legs of the rigid member, and a portion for engagement between the legs of the rigid member and adapted for engagement with the bent portion thereof to limit the sliding movement of the garment securing member in one direction on the rigid member.

CORA BRAITHWAITE BATTIN. 

